Cribbs incites violence against Steelers fans, sort of

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 11, 2009, 10:27 AM EDT

We’ve got to hand it to Browns receiver/Wildcat quarterback/punt returner/do whatever else they want him to do Josh Cribbs. Mired in a 1-11 season and firmly believing that the new regime reneged on a promise made last December by owner Randy Lerner to address his woefully outdated contract, Cribbs continues to bring his absolute best each week.

More importantly, he has maintained a youthful optimism and enthusiasm under distinctly crappy circumstances.

“This is our rival right here,” Cribbs told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols after last night’s victory over the Steelers. “This is the team that our fans will forgive us for this season. . . . All they wanted for Christmas is for us to beat this team. We didn’t have a good winning season. This is as much as we can do for own fans and our team. We practiced hard, we played hard to beat this team, and we did it.”

In comments distributed by the team, Cribbs continued to gush.

Maybe a little too much.

‘It means everything,” Cribbs said. “I think our fans are going to have a Merry Christmas. There are a lot of Steeler fans around the city so I hope people go to work and kick those Steeler fans.”

Actually, Cribbs has given the Browns another reason to give him a new deal. Based on his comments, he might soon need the money to help bail out the various Browns fans who start swinging their shoes in the direction of their black-and-yellow coworkers and/or neighbors.

HAHAHAHAHAHA this is why Cribbs is by far the ABSOLUTE BEST player in the new Browns era. C’mon Florio…you really think he’s advocating actual violence? Trust me, there are plenty of turncoat Steelers fans here in C-town who need their noses rubbed in this just to shut them up, if only till next year.

this guy has been a real-life Rod Tidwell this year, without ever being a diva. the business following the Ravens MNF game warrants him being paid amongst the top 20 receivers in the league.
Cleveland…start doing right by your guys, stop infecting with staph and get the Mangitis away from them because he’s more dangerous than Paulie Walnuts.
Maybe he can do a cameo on the Real Housewives of NJ.

Oh come on Florio. Nitpicking.
I happily flipped the bird to every Steeler fan I saw yesterday and happily did it on my drive to work this morning.
As Shaq said to Kobe: Tell me how my @$$ tastes, Steeler fan!

I love to think that I am a very obnoxious Steelers fan, even by our standards. Browns fans and Steelers fans are so similar (in our customs, team support, tailgating, and football knowledge). I hate losing to them, but would love to see this become a rivalry again. My favorite tailgating is with\against Browns fans. Even in all the crap they have been through, they have stuck by their team. So let’s get this rivalry, and all the trash talk that comes with it going again.
Steelers only need to do one thing to get back to winning. It is very simple. FIRE BRUCE ARIANS. His offense is productive most of the time (not last night. Who goes into shotgun on 3rd and one), but it does not complement our defense. Even when we score it is under 3 minute drive. That is not a long enough break for the D to stay fresh. last year that was covered up by the fact we had a lot of depth on D and could rest people. We don’t have that this year. Defenses know we are going to pass and that we are going to snap the ball with two seconds on the play clock, but no adjustments are made. This is Tomlins first test to see if he can recognize the difference between good statistics, and winning. They are not the same. While Arians offense is statistically good, and the D is top 5, the combo does not add up to winning. Kind of like when two good looking people make an ugly baby because their features do not complement eachother.
I totally expect to be kicked at work by a browns fan. Big win for you guys.

wydok says:
December 11, 2009 10:39 AM
A 1-11 team winning a game is not a “Christmas gift”.
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It sure as hell is when you’re 1-11 and the only thing left in the season to hope for *IS* beating the Steelers.
…and “beaten” they were- more so than the final score would indicate.
As for kicking Steelers fans at work, etc.- I say go for it. Not because Steeler fans deserve it just for being Steelers fans, but because 75% of the “Steeler fans” in the Cleveland area used to be Browns fans before jumping ship and hopping onto the bandwagon of a “winner”.

What high expectations the Browns have! They’ve won two games this year and they’re happy. Steelers fans aren’t happy unless they win the Super Bowl. Browns fans are happy going 2-14 as long as they beat the Steelers. See the difference in franchises?

Good win for the Browns. It’s obvious that one team came out on the field with the intention of playing hard and the other team came out with the intention of…well, they came out with no intention at all.
I wish the Browns all the luck this season and hope that they win the SB. After all, the way they played last night, they deserve it. Cribbs, I hope you score the winning TD. It would be a great accomplishment for you.
Oh, wait, they have no chance of going to the Super Bowl. My bad. Cribbs, guess this was the highlight of your season. Enjoy your gift from the Steelers.

The “incites violence” angle on this story is retarded and pathetic. Or maybe you just think that Browns fans are such mongoloids that they’re going to hear his statement and take it literally. Their team sucks, but I wouldn’t go that far.
“We practiced hard, we played hard to beat this team, and we did it.”
Cribbs basically won this game for Cleveland. He seems to be a pretty modest guy for saying that after last night’s game.

Good win for the Browns. It’s obvious that one team came out on the field with the intention of playing hard and the other team came out with the intention of…well, they came out with no intention at all.
I wish the Browns all the luck this season and hope that they win the SB. After all, the way they played last night, they deserve it. Cribbs, I hope you score the winning TD. It would be a great accomplishment for you.
Oh, wait, they have no chance of going to the Super Bowl. My bad. Cribbs, guess this was the highlight of your season. Enjoy your gift from the Steelers.

only a bottom of a barrell lawyer would create a stink about inciting violence from what cribbs said. This is why all lawyers should have to go back to school and take 10 years of ethics classes, then be shot. Oh, great!! now everyone will go out and shoot lawyers.

# Bengal Fan says: December 11, 2009 10:46 AM
Ohio needs a “Kick a Steelers Fan” Day
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Ahem, the Nation, needs a kick a Steelers fan day. After all, with a bandwagon that large, it wont be hard to find one. It always amuses me when you see Steelers stickers on a car, they are NEVER accompanied by Pirates stickers, or Penguins stickers (except for this year, because the Pens actually won). Nope, usually the Steelers stickers are usually right next to Yankees stickers, I wonder why???? A fan base that spends more time bragging about their trophies, than any other fan base (including the real Yankees fans), couldnt possibly just jump on the wagon of each sports most storied franchise, with a long history of Championships…….LMFAO. only 25% of Steelers fans have ever even been to PA, let alone Pissburgh…….

@ VoxVeritas
“Steelers4life” is determining whether to next become ‘Colts4life’ or ‘Saints4life’, as for mrmagoo…hard to be such a self righteous prick when your team blows.
So much for Pittsburgh being in the discussion for team of the decade. But hey, at least we can all agree on the “SixBurgh” moniker if the Steelers drop their 6th in a row next week.

@ Frank Burns:
Really? Seems no fan base is quicker to turn on its team than Steeler fans are.
But if that’s all you can hang your hat on right now, then I’m not going to kick you when you’re down. Luckily for Pittsburgh fans, you still have a reason to keep watching football: Bernard Pollard plays for Houston now, and will be hosting Brady and the Pats week 17.

A Christmas gift for me would be any Ohio fan attempting to kick me. I could use some “we’ve never won anything” piece of crap to take some frustration out on. The Bengals will lose in the first round of the playoffs and the Browns will watch from the sofa (along with the Steelers this year). The difference is the Steelers will be back next year and the Browns will still be the same door mat team that they’ve been since Byner fumbled away their only chance at ever winning anything. Please attempt to kick me! I even invite the 160 lb Joshua Cribbs to give it a try so I can dump him on his less than 20 IQ head.

yes, Steelersmichele, beating your Stllrs was the highlight of our year. You should be happy your team matters to us so.
And your team’s super bowl chances this year are now as nonexistent as ours. You’re welcome.

# Jack in the Jack says: December 11, 2009 10:33 AM
Don’t desecrate the towel though. Just ask the Titans where that got them.
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The browns would kill to be where the titans are right now.

Frank Burns says:
December 11, 2009 11:15 AM
“Nah, Cribbs just admitted the Steelers have the best fan base in football — like we didn’t already know.”
Don’t you mean the stealers have the MOST fans in trailer parks?–Like WE ALL didn’t already know.
WE ALL KNOW WHO HAS THE MOST FAMOUS FRANCHISE IN THE SPORTS WORLD.

Steelersmichele – You are Pathetic. Your team is Pathetic. “Oh, boohoo, my team lost; so I’m gonna try and take it out on the other teams fans.” It’s actually kind of sad, because it just shows how many stupid people there are in the world, let alone in the steelers “fan base”.
Frank Burns – Nice try. Really. Except that you have one of the two biggest fair-weather fan bases in the league.

Bitches,
And I quote this from a previous post: “Do you know why all the haters are here? Because the Steelers have beat the crap out of so many teams for so many years that when the Steelers lose it is like that team won the damn Super Bowl. In fact, when a team plays the Steelers, they treat it as a Super Bowl game. That is because of history and what the Steelers have done compared to other teams. History can’t be changed. No team wins it every year. Otherwise nobody but Steeler fans would watch the games. I would rather have been a Steeler fan all these long years than a fan of any other team. I have already seen my fair share of great victories and all 6 Super Bowl wins that I will always remember, while some of you are basking in the glory of ONE worthless win by a Browns team that is going nowhere and frankly has not gone anywhere in it’s history.
I am just tellin ya. Enjoy the moment, it won’t last long.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself.. To all you “other” teams fans, you STINK of jealousy….but it smells good that you hate us.. keep it comin!

Audient…maybe one day the rivalry between our teams will be back. Beating you over and over does get old (sorry, I had to say it). I’m actually quite tired of the Ravens and their fans, and Cincy has shown they are for real. Our division may become competative again.

Yeah I can dig that Bill Cowher’s Chin, at least about the fact that there are way too many bandwagon fans that have no real reason to root for Pittsburgh besides the fact that they win. As someone from Pittsburgh who roots for all the teams no matter what (even the Pirates… though I haven’t followed them as much since the strike because that kinda killed baseball for me for a while), I don’t really associate people who only follow the Steelers when they are winning as fans, they are more like parasites. Thats probably one of the reasons I have so much disdain for “Cowboy’s fans” because they are almost all the accumulation of bandwagoners from the 90’s. However, I have come to accept that these leaches are just a negative side effect that comes along with success. Anyways, the “Pissburgh” nickname is also probably mostly used by people who have never been to PA much less the ‘Burgh due to the fact that Pittsburgh is one of the most beautiful and friendly cities in America unless you go into it looking at it with a negative predisposition or being a jackass in general.

I love how Steelers fans like to pretend that the Browns fans DONT KNOW the Browns suck. We know they have only won two games. We know they are probably the worst team in football. We have accepted that. If it takes knocking the Steelers out of the playoffs to bring a little joy to our depressed cursed city, than so be it.
steelersmichele says:
Oh, wait, they have no chance of going to the Super Bowl. My bad. Cribbs, guess this was the highlight of your season. Enjoy your gift from the Steelers.
Yes, Captian Obvious it was the highlight of the season. While your sarcasm is incredibly witty, I think Cribbs and anyone associated with the team knows they aren’t playing in the Super Bowl. When you have only one win, and knock the defending Superbowl champs out of the playoffs for your second, I think that constitutes a highlight.
By the way, please explain to me, in your infinite football knowledge, how the Browns outplaying and out hitting the Steelers for 60 minutes constitutes a gift.

“Because the Steelers have beat the crap out of so many teams for so many years that when the Steelers lose it is like that team won the damn Super Bowl.”
Actually, the Steelers’ annoying, obnoxious fans draw much of the ire themselves, especially with the way they keep trying to remind people how great their team has been over the years in the midst of a mediocre season.
Here’s a hint: nothing really matters in the NFL other than the current season and the latest Super Bowl. Especially not past wins that come with giant asterisks.

@Bill Cowher’s Chin
Couldn’t have said it better myself. The Steelers fans that have no ties to the city of Pittsburgh are the WORST fans in the world. In my experience they’re by far more annoying/cocky/arrogant than the Steelers fans that are actually from Pittsburgh (who obviously have a good reason to be Steelers fans).
They’re typical bandwagon fans that cheer for the best franchise they can find. I’m sure half of them were 49ers fans in the 80’s and Cowboys fans in the 90’s.

HamBurghlar says:
“To all you “other” teams fans, you STINK of jealousy….but it smells good that you hate us.. keep it comin! ”
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Well, Hamburghlar, quite honestly, the Patriots have owned your Steelers this decade, both in the regular season and the playoffs. I can tell you that, yes, most Patriots fans hate your team and no, we are not jealous of you in any way, shape or form.
I suppose you can always hang your hat on that 7-6 playoff win back in 1998…but perhaps you might be willing to concede that the feeling of jealousy that fans supposedly have towards the “almighty” Steelers might also apply for Steelers fans toward New England?

DrK1982. Thank you for calling me pathetic. Makes me smile. Makes me smile because it’s obvious that you don’t know how to read–because if you did, you would know that in this post and in others, I have always given props to the other teams for winning. And I have said on many occasions that my team doesn’t look good this season. In fact, I complimented Cincy the most for their great season and wins over us. And I told Baltimore congrats, too.
So I guess if that’s what you call pathetic, I’ll take it.
Also, you may want to call someone over and have them read my earlier post to you:
Good win for the Browns. It’s obvious that one team came out on the field with the intention of playing hard and the other team came out with the intention of…well, they came out with no intention at all.

Some douche named DrK1982 said:
‘Steelersmichele – You are Pathetic. Your team is Pathetic. “Oh, boohoo, my team lost; so I’m gonna try and take it out on the other teams fans.” It’s actually kind of sad, because it just shows how many stupid people there are in the world, let alone in the steelers “fan base”.’
Is the irony of your idiotic statement lost on you? This post is filled with Steelers haters filling up space because they hate the Steelers and want to kick them when they’re down. How you fail to notice that you’re accusing a Steelers fan of doing what everyone else on here is doing is beyond me. That is the sad part you dolt.

Hey, Steeler fans were on local TV last night saying that this was their town and stadium prior to the game. Now they can yell, hey that’s my ass! I do think it should be limited to one kick in the ass per Steeler fan however.

@Bill Cowher’s Chin …
Yeah, you’re right–I’ve never been to Pittsburgh and both my teams are champions: the Steelers and the Crimson Tide.
But it’s no bandwagon love affair. Daddy’s from Alabama and I was raised on Bear Bryant’s legend. But it’s been a lot of years between championships and I’ve never wavered. As for the Steelers, I fell in love with that smash-mouth defense when I was a kid but they weren’t winning any championships then either. I’ve stuck by them through thin and thinner. And no one would have trouble spotting me today. I’m sitting here now in my big ol’ Steelers t-shirt.
As for Cribbs and his comments, I have only one thing to say: Lerner, good grief, PAY THE MAN!!! And say thank you.

Steelers took the wrong coach. Whiz and Grimm do great out here in AZ. Tomlin doesn’t have a clue. Now the team Cowher built is coming apart without him. Tomlin is not the answer. The team that beat AZ last year was not Tomlin’s team, it was Cowher’s still. Tomlin’s team is 6-7.
Too funny.

Clowns fans amuse me. Win one fluke game, and all the Clowns fans come out talking smack. First win in how many years? How many wins this season? More so, how many Super bowls to Cleveland’s credit.
Uh huh…..
Been a diehard Steeler fan all my life, and I was born in Cleveland. From a city standpoint, it’s not even close. Cleveland is a depressing dump. Credit to the city of Pittsburgh. That city has rebounded nicely, and is 1,000 times the city Cleveland is, or ever will be.
Not sour grapes either. I say the same thing, every week, but post it after each Steelers-Clowns game.
Steelers: 6-7
Clowns: 2-11
Don’t get too big for your britches Cleveland. Of course, with the average waistline in that crap city, that’s impossible.

The Browns played great!!! I was very pleased to see them whup up on Pitt. Yes they did even if the score was not a blow out. 8 sacks on the uh hmmm, ‘elusive’ hamberger. 5 in the first half. Good Good stuff to watch. Cribbs was great and 34 for the Browns ran good.